Faces along the Bar - Lore and Order in the Workingman's Saloon, 1870-1920

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Pt. I: The Criteria for Comradeship1: The Importance of Being Regular 2: Gender, Age, and Marital Status 3: Occupation, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Pt. II: The Gentle Art of Clubbing4: Drinking Folkways 5: Clubbing by Treat 6: Clubbing by CollectionPt. III: More Lore of the Barroom7: Games and Gambling 8: Talk and Storytelling 9: Songs and Singing 10: The Free Lunch ConclusionNotesIndex

Summary

Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco.

Product details

• Authors: Madelon Powers, Powers Madelon
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780226677699
• ISBN: 978-0-226-67769-9
• No. of pages: 331
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 24 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 539 g
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Illustrated books; USA, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, Sociology, TRAVEL / Pictorials, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, Sociology: customs & traditions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TRAVEL / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Urban communities, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works